Now everyone can enjoy virtual reality journalism

Our free Guardian VR app is now ready to download. Step inside the story with a new world of digital journalism.

How to experience Guardian VR

Experience a whole new world of Guardian journalism in two simple steps. 1. Download the Guardian VR app on your smartphone. 2. Place your device in a Google Cardboard or Daydream headset. You’re now ready to explore a new world of Guardian journalism.

Get your VR headset

To watch our VR pieces you’ll need a Google Cardboard headset. You can buy one from the Google Cardboard store.

Learn more

If you are experiencing issues with your Google Cardboard headset or the Guardian VR app, please click on the FAQ button. If you are having trouble assembling your headset, click to watch the tutorial video below. You can also subscribe for our VR newsletter below.

Crime Scene

A virtual experience of a forensic investigation

It's 2am, there has been a murder and you are the trainee forensic officer on duty. Can you gather the right evidence to solve the killing? A crime scene manager will guide you through the process.

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The Party

A virtual experience of autism

Everyday situations can be stressful for those on the autism spectrum. Step into the shoes of 16-year-old Layla as she attends a birthday party. Hear her inner thoughts and experience how overwhelming an occasion like this can be.

Warning: This film contains effects which may cause anxiety for some viewers.

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Sea Prayer

A 360 film by Khaled Hosseini

Inspired by the story of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, Khaled Hosseini, the novelist and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, has written an exclusive story brought to life in virtual reality. The night before a potentially fatal journey, a father reflects with his son on their life in Syria before the war – and on their unknown future.

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Limbo

A virtual experience of waiting for asylum

There are approximately 31,500 asylum seekers in the UK waiting for a decision about their asylum status. This film allows you to experience what it is like to live in this period of limbo, waiting for a decision that will affect the rest of your life.

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First Impressions

A virtual experience of the first year of life

Using the latest research in neural development and colour vision in infants, this film allows you to experience and interact with the world from the point of view of a baby. It's a period that none of us remember, but is the most crucial stage of our development.

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Arctic 360

A virtual experience of a disappearing landscape

After years of record temperatures, the Arctic is melting. The Northwest Passage had an ice-free summer in 2016, allowing cruise ships into one of the world’s most remote places. Join our environmentally-friendly Arctic tour and witness the consequences of human behaviour.

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6×9

A virtual experience of solitary confinement

More than 80,000 people are in solitary confinement in the US. They spend 22 to 24 hours a day in their cells, with little to no human contact for days - or even decades. We invite you into this world to hear the stories and experience the psychological damage that can happen during extreme isolation.

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Beat the Hustler

A virtual experience of astreet con

Pit your wits against a wily street hustler (played by Dan Skinner) in the heart of the City of London. But be on your guard – they say you always win your first game, always lose your second. You'll need all your powers of observation and concentration to come out on top.

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Underworld

A virtual exploration of subterranean London

Take a journey through the subterranean labyrinth of London's Victorian sewers with urban explorer and geographer Bradley Garrett. The experience begins below the streets in one of London's lost waterways, the river Fleet, and continues through the blood sewers underneath Smithfield meat market and down to the floodgates of the river Thames.